Improvement in razor-honing machine



dimmi WILLIAM ABROWN, CFTHOMAS'ICN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent N 98,551, dated Janna-ry 4, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAZOR-HONING- MACHINE.

The ScheduleV referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM BRowN, ofThomaston, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and improved Razoi'Hon ing Machine; and Ido herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

4 Ihis invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines forhoning razor and other blades. lt consists of a bed for supporting theblades, placed on trunnions,a1ul a hone placed in the underside of asuitable stock, haring a slide working through a guide in rear of thebed for supporting the blade, the front end of the stock being taken inthe hand and worked back and forth, and also laterally, by a kind ofcircular motion, whereby the hone is made to rnb the side of the razor,which is maintained parallel with it on the oscillating trunnions, allas hereinafter more fully described. p

Figure 1 represents a plan view of my machine, and

Figure 2 represents a longitudinal section of the same. i

A represents the bed for supporting theblades.

It is mounted on journals, B, at each end, and provided with four ormore faces or sides, having groovesV suitably shaped to receive theblades, and support the sides to.be acted on parallel with the saidsides of the bed. Y

These grooves are arranged in pairs, preferably of diii'erent sizes, andreversely, in respect to the deep i be arranged on a table, G, of'anypreferred kind.

The razors or other blades being suitably placed in the grooves of theoscillating bed, the front end of the hone-stock is taken in the hand,-and reeiproeated upon the blade, and also moved laterally each way, so

as to work Vevenly over the whole length.

The bed heilig borne on journals, will, under the pressure of the handon the hone, assume the position `to cause the hone to bear fair acrossthe face ofthe blade, both at the edge and the back, and thus insure atrueand thin edge.

By4 varying the grooves in the bed in size, it is adapted for large orsmall blades.

Having thus described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let` ters Patent, is-

'Ihe combination, with a bed, A,arranged on journals, and adapted forthe support of the blades to be sharpened, of a hone, hone-stock, andguide E, arranged substantially as specified.

Witnesses:

` HIRAM PIERCE,

GEORGE G. GmswoLD.

WM. snows.

